Archive - The XX Factor

Can longevity transform America from a sick care system to a health care system?

Part I of a three-part series on the rise of longevity, AI & the future of primary care

Jul 24 •

June 2025

How to Build a Women’s Health Product Inside a $B+ Digital Health Company

XX Behind the Build: Lessons from Women's Health at Hinge Health, with Inessa Lurye

Jun 18 •

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You voted. Here's what's next.

New formats, IRL dinners and more!

Jun 17 •

The Menopause Paradox

Why menopause is everywhere—except the practice of medicine

Jun 11 •

Reflections on Ten Issues for The XX Factor

This began as a creative experiment. You turned it into something more.

Jun 2 •

May 2025

There’s a Growth-Stage Cliff Plaguing Women’s Health Startups

xx.10 | Why promising companies stall out—and how we build the funding flywheel to scale them

May 8 •

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A "Baby Bonus" Won’t Save Mothers

Instead, let’s seize the political interest to fix the system.

May 5 •

April 2025

Part III: Kickstarting Your Women's Health Business Without VC

Right fuel, right business model, right time!

Apr 29 •

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Part II: Game Planning Your Women’s Health Venture Raise

When to raise? How much? From whom?

Apr 22 •

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Is Your Women's Health Business Venture-Backable?

Part one of a three-part founder's guide to financing your women's health startup

Apr 15 •

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Hinge Health’s IPO: Lessons & Hopes for Women’s Health Founders & Funders

Why this digital health exit could lift all boats — including women’s health!

Apr 1 •

March 2025

Kennedy v. Braidwood: The SCOTUS Case that Could Gut Preventive Care

A conversation with Natalie Davis, CEO of United States of Care

Mar 25 •

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